Revelry Encouraged

Celebrate Poe

English - December 23, 2021 23:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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00:00 Introduction01:16 Ride to Bracebridge Manor03:21 Arrival at Bracebridge04:36 Description of the Manor House10:10 Description of the interior17:26 Description of the narrator’s room19:27 Future episodes22:01 Sources

What has been the emphasis in the first two portions of Old Christmas?How does the son in the carriage describe his father?Who are the father’s favorite authors?Where did the carriage stop?What memories did the wall engender?What did the father feel was “the happiest place in the world’ (hint - NOT Disneyland)What did the dogs do when they heard Bracebridge’s voice?How was the narrator’s room paneled?Why was Mr. Simon Bracebridge so popular?

Sources for this episode include “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon” by Washington Irving, Complete Fictional Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving, Washington Irving: The Definitive Biography of America’s First Bestselling Author by Brian Jay Jones, The Literary Adventures of Washington Irving by Cheryl Harness, Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving by Andrew Burstein, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Dwight Thomas and David K. Jackson, and The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John Tresch.